Does preoperative anxiety influence endodontic skill performance and students' subjective perceptions in an observational simulation-based study?

BMC Med Educ · 2025 · PMC12512825 · PMID 41068819

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borderline significancep = 0.053so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Comprehension measures showed weak negative relationships with perceived difficulty of root canal shaping ( r = – 0.258, p = 0.012) and obturation ( r = – 0.201, p = 0.053; borderline significance).

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approached significancep = 0.067so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

In the mandibular group, anxiety level (classified as high or low) showed a weak but statistically significant negative correlation with feeling confident ( r = − 0.230, p = 0.026), whereas in the maxillary group, this association was weaker and approached significance ( r = − 0.191, p = 0.067).

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.341not close (p > 0.1)

Regarding procedural errors, although the total error rate appeared higher in the high-anxiety group (20.0%) than in the low-anxiety group (8.7%), this difference did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.341).

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